OTTAWA — The largest union representing federal workers is ramping up its campaign against the Liberal government, turning the prime minister’s words against him. The print and radio advertisements paid for by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are hoping to use Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise of a …

OTTAWA — Provincial officials are setting the stage for a tough round of negotiations when they meet the federal health minister this week in Toronto to discuss the future of health-care funding. Speaking separately, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Quebec Health Minister Gaetan Barrette re-affirmed the need for more federal …

OTTAWA — A federal policy think tank says the federal Liberal government’s cornerstone economic policy is rudderless and could be dead in the water without a strategy on how to spend billions in new infrastructure money. In a paper released today, the Public Policy Forum argues for the need for …

The Conservative proposal to set up a barbaric cultural practices tipline is one of the reasons the party lost the 2015 election, former immigration minister Chris Alexander says. “I regret very much several issues that we blew up to a scale they should never have reached in the last campaign. …

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a razor-thin $1-billion deficit in 2015-16, a period in which both the Liberals and Conservatives had turns managing the public books. The shortfall, released in a package of year-end numbers Friday, was a bit smaller than the $5.4-billion deficit projected by the Trudeau government …

ANNOUNCEMENT BY: Kavitha Vara Senthil Dear Friends, After extensive consultations with friends and family, I am pleased to announce that I intend to put forth my name for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario’s nomination contest in the riding of Scarborough-Rouge Park. Over the course of the past twenty years, I …

MONTREAL — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says Canadians will eventually tire of what he calls the Trudeau government’s lack of substance. The party has several challenges to overcome, including declines in poll numbers, membership and financing. But Mulcair promises the NDP will continue to challenge the Liberals and hold them …

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the example of Italian grandmothers in Montreal to explain Thursday why Canadians shouldn’t be “overly impatient” with the integration of newcomers. Being fearful of immigrants is “nothing new” in Canada and around the world, he said, adding that Italians and Greeks settling in …

EDMONTON — Alberta MP Jason Kenney says he will still pursue a unity agenda even if he wins the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race but fails to get support from party members to merge with the right-centre Wildrose party. Kenney’s comments came in an email Thursday from his campaign team …